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The Editor and Publisher of Cancer Management and Research wish to retract the published article. Concerns were raised over alleged image duplication in Figures 6B and 9A with similar images from unrelated articles, specifically:
Figure 6B, panel SGC-7901 si-NC appears to have been duplicated with a similar image in Figure 2D from Zhao et al, 2017 (https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2017.6135) and Figure 6D from Zhao et al, 2018 (https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2018.4576).
Figure 9A, panels Agomir-NC (top) and Agomir-628 (top) appear to have been duplicated with similar images in Figure 7B from Yan et al, 2019 (https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2019.4245).
The authors responded to our initial queries but were unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for the alleged duplication and could not provide satisfactory original data for their study. The Editor advised for the article to be retracted.
Our decision-making was informed by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retraction.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.